Watch a playlist of fifteen automata, clocks, writing machines, and more.
He beats his chest in penitence and regularly lifts his left hand toward his lips
Showcasing masterworks of brush-inscribed Japanese texts, some serving as independent works of art and others enhanced by decorated papers or by paintings, this exhibition takes a close look at the original gestural movement marked in each work—the applied pressure, speed, and rhythm that are said to reflect the artist’s state of mind.
essential component of the upbringing of every young gentleman or lady, and a practiced hand
Brooklyn, New York, 1900–New York, 1986
For Transition, Sweeney had a hand in editing and publishing work by James Joyce,
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O’Sullivan 1871 Child with a toy hand grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C.
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Nudes Henri Matisse 1928 Ulysses Henri Matisse 1935 Seated Figure, Right Hand
Lipno, Poland, 1897–Mexico City, ?
Although Hale’s collection was never catalogued, second-hand accounts reveal that
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Symbols of the Four Evangelists German 11th century George II British ca. 1765 Hand
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Mold late 9th–early 10th century Spheroconical Vessel 9th–10th century Hand
Though profoundly influenced by landscapists and history painters of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Turner was an innovator who has been hailed as a forerunner of modernist abstraction.
an extensive visual vocabulary that ranged far beyond precise renderings, first-hand
1962, excavated under the direction of Max Mallowan, on behalf of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; ceded in the division of finds to the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; acquired by the Museum in 1962, as a result of its financial contribution to the excavations
Each man holds a ram-headed scepter in his right hand while the figure at left holds
